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Pakistan captain Fatima Sana said on Monday that her team’s focus was on the Women’s World Cup ahead of the one-day international (ODI) series against South Africa in Lahore. The World Cup, to be hosted later this month under a hybrid model across India and Sri Lanka, will see all of Pakistan’s fixtures staged in Colombo, with political tensions ruling out travel between the two neighbours. Pakistan open their immediate run-in with a three-match ODI series against South Africa in Lahore from Tuesday, following the conclusion of a training camp at the National Cricket Academy and the Gaddafi Stadium. Speaking…

Pakistan captain Fatima Sana said on Monday that her team’s focus was on the Women’s World Cup ahead of the one-day international (ODI) series against South Africa in Lahore. The World Cup, to be hosted later this month under a hybrid model across India and Sri Lanka, will see all of Pakistan’s fixtures staged in Colombo, with political tensions ruling out travel between the two neighbours. Pakistan open their immediate run-in with a three-match ODI series against South Africa in Lahore from Tuesday, following the conclusion of a training camp at the National Cricket Academy and the Gaddafi Stadium. Speaking…

Congressional Budget Office director Phillip Swagel said Monday that President Donald Trump’s tariffs appear to have pushed inflation up higher than CBO analysts had initially expected. His views differ from those of Wall Street analysts, many of whom have been bracing for tariff-driven price hikes, but have yet to see them in materialize. Speaking on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Swagel said the CBO analysis shows the economy has weakened since January, which he would expect to exert downward pressure on inflation.Swagel also shared his office’s long-term view of the impact of Trump’s tariffs: The CBO expects the levies to reduce the U.S.…

This photo taken in July 2023 shows an engraved stone discovered on the northern shore of Gyaring Lake in Maduo County, northwest China’s Qinghai Province. (Xinhua)XINING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) — A stone inscription discovered on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as the “roof of the world,” was identified as China’s only known Qin Dynasty (221 B.C.-207 B.C.) engraved stone still preserved at its original site and of the highest altitude from that historical period, said Chinese authorities on Monday.The stone is situated on the northern shore of Gyaring Lake in Maduo County, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, at an altitude of 4,306 meters.…

DI KHAN: At least thirteen terrorists were killed when explosives stored in one of their hideouts in Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) went off on Sunday. In a separate incident, another terrorist was eliminated during a gun battle in Dera Ismail Khan. According to local sources, Siddiqullah Gurbaz, commander of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), had seized the jirga hall of former PTI provincial minister Shah Muhammad Wazir and turned it into a militant base in the Bakakhel area of Bannu. Terrorists were assembling improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at the site when the explosives…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. Camille Cohen | Afp | Getty ImagesAlphabet has joined the $3 trillion club.Shares of the search giant jumped more than 4% on Monday, pushing the company into territory occupied only by Nvidia, Microsoft and Apple.The stock got a big lift in early September from an antitrust ruling by a judge, whose penalties came in lighter than shareholders feared. The U.S. Department of Justice wanted Google to be forced to divest its Chrome browser, and last year a district…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday tabled a sweeping set of proposals at the preparatory ministerial meeting of the emergency Arab-Islamic Summit in Doha, calling for Israel’s accountability, suspension of its UN membership and the formation of an Arab-Islamic task force to counter what it described as Tel Aviv’s “rogue mindset.” Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar outlined a seven-point response to the Israeli air strikes on Qatar, urging Muslim states to unite behind concrete measures. The proposals included: holding Israel accountable for war crimes; creation of a joint Arab-Islamic task force to deter further aggression; pursuing suspension of Israel’s…

Pakistan suffered an ignominious defeat at the hands of India, who beat them by seven wickets after beating the paltry 128-run target set by the Green Shirts. However, the match had been marred by controversy from the beginning due to calls from across the border to “boycott” the fixture. It seems the pressure got to the players as well, with the Indian team refusing to shake hands with their rivals at the toss and after the match. Furthermore, Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav was said to have “politicised” the win by bringing up the Pahalgam terrorist attack in India-occupied Kashmir, over…

A drone photo taken on Sept. 3, 2025 shows a view of fish ponds at sunset in Jiamei Village, Wenchang City, south China’s Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)WENCHANG, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) — In recent years, Jiamei Village of Hainan Province has been advancing its rural revitalization. The village has developed industries such as cultural tourism, yellow cattle farming, fruit and vegetable cultivation, and aquaculture drawing on its rich history, culture and natural resources. In 2023, Jiamei Village was listed in the sixth batch of traditional Chinese villages catalog.A villager works in the fields in Jiamei Village, Wenchang City, south China’s Hainan…

LAHORE: Punjab’s healthcare system has allegedly swung from universal coverage to widespread collapse within just seven years, according to a new white paper contrasting the reform-heavy tenure of the PTI with what it calls the regressive policies of the PML-N. Titled Healing Punjab: Healthcare Reforms, Reversals, and the Road to Recovery (2018-2025), the report — co-authored by former health minister Dr Yasmin Rashid and researcher Shayan Bashir — is set to be unveiled on Monday. It argues that PTI’s 2018-22 reforms delivered Punjab’s strongest-ever public health system, while subsequent reversals since 2023 have left millions vulnerable, a collapse laid bare…